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. 2016 Feb 6;4(1):13.
doi: 10.3390/pharmacy4010013.

A Study on How Industrial Pharmacists Rank Competences for Pharmacy Practice: A Case for Industrial Pharmacy Specialization

Jeffrey Atkinson  1 , Kristien De Paepe  2 , Antonio Sánchez Pozo  3 , Dimitrios Rekkas  4 , Daisy Volmer  5 , Jouni Hirvonen  6 , Borut Bozic  7 , Agnieska Skowron  8 , Constantin Mircioiu  9 , Annie Marcincal  10 , Andries Koster  11 , Keith Wilson  12 , Chris van Schravendijk  13
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A Study on How Industrial Pharmacists Rank Competences for Pharmacy Practice: A Case for Industrial Pharmacy Specialization

Jeffrey Atkinson et al. Pharmacy (Basel). .

Abstract

This paper looks at the way in which industrial pharmacists rank the fundamental competences for pharmacy practice. European industrial pharmacists (n = 135) ranked 68 competences for practice, arranged into 13 clusters of two types (personal and patient care). Results show that, compared to community pharmacists (n = 258), industrial pharmacists rank competences centering on research, development and production of drugs higher, and those centering on patient care lower. Competences centering on values, communication skills, etc. were ranked similarly by the two groups of pharmacists. These results are discussed in the light of the existence or not of an "industrial pharmacy" specialization.

Keywords: education; practice; specialization.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1
Leik ordinal consensus for rankings by clusters for industrial (solid line) and community (dotted line) pharmacists.
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Figure 2
Scores (%) for rankings by clusters for industrial (solid line) and community (dotted line) pharmacists.
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Figure 3
Leik ordinal consensus for rankings by competences for industrial (solid line) and community (dotted line) pharmacists. Dashed lines separate the different clusters of competences.
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Figure 4
Scores (%) for rankings by competences for industrial (solid line) and community (dotted line) pharmacists. Dashed lines separate the different clusters of competences.
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